TF: This is how the U.S. became the only one of the climate-posturing
countries from the Paris summit in 2015 to actually produce a significant cut in greenhouse
gas emissions. As with ratings for hosting the long-running TV reality show The Apprentice,
[*&^%#%$] beat Arnie hands down.

It's going to be fun watching how Tom Fletcher's opinion of what the elephant next
door is doing to reduce emissions changes over time. So far, it's not really going that well.

A new report has found that US carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4% in 2018 after three years of decline.

The data shows the US is unlikely to meet its pledge to reduce emissions by 2025 under the Paris climate agreement.

Under President *&^%#%$, the US is set to leave the Paris accord in 2020 while his
administration has ended many existing environmental protections.

What is working, here in Canada, for the elephant next door, and around the world, is
forcing people to pay for pollution and adding new energy systems that don't rely on fossil
carbon at all. Something like the (perhaps) expensive green projects the previous government
signed contracts to get online.

TF:If Green Party folks were serious about greenhouse gases, they’d
be calling for nuclear plants.

Let me be the first to point out that being serious about greenhouse gases doesn't
result in an innate desire to build new nuclear power generation. While it's true that
nuclear power generation is one of the cleanest sources of electricity we can construct
it's fraught with issues. Not least of which is the irrational fear of the general public.
It's also quite expensive
(though maybe not forever quite expensive). Maybe we'd end up
spending much more on nuclear than we would on alternative sources like hydroelectric,
wind, solar, geothermal, and so one.

It is a bit amusing to think about the way Tom Fletcher has constructed this 'essay'.
Unfortunately, Tom Fletcher doesn't see the false dichotomy he's constructed. His fans
won't see it either. Like Tom Fletcher, thinking things through is not their collective
strength.